04540nam 22005173 450 991102228000332120240815080241.097801977651730197765173(MiAaPQ)EBC31599164(Au-PeEL)EBL31599164(CKB)33987756900041(OCoLC)1432155580(EXLCZ)993398775690004120240815d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Jihad to Politics How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics1st ed.Oxford :Oxford University Press, Incorporated,2024.©2024.1 online resource (286 pages)9780197765166 0197765165 Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Arabic Transliteration -- Major Armed Groups and Coalitions -- 1 Introduction -- Jihadi Internal and External Institutionalisation -- Institutional Trajectories in Syria: Jihadi Politicisation and Radicalisation -- The Main Arguments -- The Politicisation of Jihad: Rationale, Scope, and Methodology -- Armed Conflicts, Jihadi Insurgencies, and Syria -- Overview of the Chapters -- 2 Creating an Insurgency -- Syrian Islamists under the Baathist Regime before 2011 -- The Militarisation of a Popular Uprising(s) -- Mobilising a Network of Islamist Entrepreneurs -- The Emergence of the Brigades that Formed Ahrar al-​Sham -- The Early Geography of the Conflict -- Comparing Armed Groups' Specificities -- Ahrar al-​Sham Takes the Initiative -- Conclusion -- 3 Expanding the Rebellion -- The Evolution of the Front Lines and Its Consequences -- Armed Groups and Jihadis Outside Northwest Syria -- Armed Groups' Strategies in the Northwest -- Ahrar al-​Sham's Unique Strategy of Alliance -- Ahrar al-​Sham's Internal and External Characteristics -- Conclusion -- 4 Uniting the Armed Opposition -- Synchronising the Rebellion Outside and Inside Syria -- The Bi-​Polarisation of the Armed Opposition around Ahrar al-​Sham and Jabhat al-​Nusra -- The External Subjugation of the Armed Opposition -- Merging Remaining Opposition Forces in Political-​Military Statelets -- Conclusion -- 5 Politicising Jihad -- The Pre-​War Roots of Jihadi Revisionism -- The Structure of the War -- Competition between Jihadi Groups -- Ahrar al-​Sham's Institutional Impediments to Politicisation -- The Dual Deadlocks of Power Politics and HTS's Ultimate Ascent -- Conclusion -- 6 Syria and the Future of Jihad -- The Lessons from Armed Groups' Trajectories in Syria.The Future of Jihad -- Revisiting the So-​Called Global War on Terror and Its Lasting Consequences -- Appendix Annex Methodology and Sources -- Sources -- Methodological Choices -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Annex: Methodology and Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.In From Jihad to Politics, Jerome Drevon offers a comprehensive examination of the Syrian armed opposition, tracing the emergence of Jihadi groups in the conflict, their increasing dominance, and their political transformation. Drawing upon extensive field research and interviews with Syrian insurgents in northwestern Syria and Turkey, Drevon demonstrates how the context of a local conflict can shape combatants groups' behavior in unexpected ways. Further, he marshals unique evidence from the Arab world's most intense conflict of this century to explain why the trajectory of the broader transnational Jihadi movement has altered course in recent years.JihadPolitical aspectsSyriaIslam and politicsSyriaIslamic fundamentalismSyriaSyriaPolitics and government2000-JihadPolitical aspectsIslam and politicsIslamic fundamentalism322/.1095691Drevon Jerome1846944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911022280003321From Jihad to Politics4431896UNINA